Star Encounters Screen Debuts and Holiday Showings
Lily Pons makes her screen debut in I Dream Too Much at the Iowa on New Year’s Eve. Herbert Marshall Jean Arthur and Leo Carrillo star in If You Could Only Cook opening next Sunday at the Iowa. George O’Brien stars in Whispering Smith Speaks at the State. Katharine Hepburn in Sylvia Scarlett opens Christmas Day at Town. Ann Dvorak Dick Powell and Patsy Kelly appear in Thanks A Million at the Paramount through Tuesday. Shirley Temple in The Littlest Rebel comes to the Paramount Christmas Day with Jack Holt John Boles and Bill Robinson in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Pons
Iowa
Herbert Marshall
Jean Arthur
Leo Carrillo
Whispering Smith
George O'Brien
Center
State Now
Katharine Hepburn
Sylvia Scarlett
Town Theater
Ann Dvorak
Dick Powell
Patsy Kelly
Paramount
Shirley Temple
Jack Holt
John Boles
Bill Robinson
Tried And True Mystery Heads Bill At Iowa Theater
The Iowa theater features Seven Keys to Baldpate in a talkie run by George M. Cohen. Henry Travers and Gene Raymond star in a staged mystery with storms and hidden panels, followed by Water Front Lady starring Ann Rutherford with an old sailorman role and a sea bound setting.
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George M. Cohen
Baldpate
Iowa Theater
Henry Travers
Hermann
Gene Raymond
Cnr
Raymond
Margaret Callahan
Ann Rutherford
J Farrell MacDonald
Grant Withers
Herbert Marshall at Iowa on Sunday in Clever Comedy
Herbert Marshall and Jean Arthur star in If You Could Only Cook at the Town theater on Sunday as a double feature. Marshall plays a disgusted millionaire who plots to marry someone he does not love, meeting Arthur in the park and joining her in a comical job quest. The second feature is The Calling of Dan Matthews, a brisk one man vice squad saga starring Richard Arlen with Charlotte Wynters and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Marshall
Jean Arthur
Marshall
Miss Arthur
Millonaire
Len Carrillo
Lionel Stander
Alan Edwards
Frieda Inescourt
Dan Matthews
Richard Arlen
Aid
Charlotte Wynters
Dough Dumbrille
Donald Cook
Mary Kornam
Thanks A Million at Paramount Through Tuesday
The musical revue Thanks a Million continues at the Paramount Theater through Tuesday night featuring Dick Powell Ann Dvorak and Fred Allen with Patsy Kelly Paul Whiteman and his orchestra and Rubinoff The show highlights songs such as Thanks a Million Ive Got a Pocket Full of Sunshine and Sugar Plum plus the Yacht Club Boys and more. The program also includes Betty Boop in Judge for a Day a technicolor novelty and Towa news flashes.
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Towa
Whispering Smith Speaks on State Theater Screen
Action filled tale stars George O Brien as a daring railroad man and Irene Ware as a manager of a failing railway. The romance unfolds as she learns he is the railroad president’s son, with a dramatic climax to follow.
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George O’brien
Whispering Smith
State Theater
George O'Brien
Irene Ware
Paramount Offers Stage and Screen Bill Beginning Dec 31
The Paramount presents a three day stage and screen engagement starting Tuesday December 31 with a special New Year's Eve midnight show all seats reserved. The stage act WHO Parade of Stars features Tommy Tweet Tallie Boggs and more followed by Stars Over Broad Was? with Pat O Brien James Melton and others. Three regular shows open Dec 31 and a midnight show at 11 30 p m on New Year Eve, then multiple screenings New Year’s Day and Jan 2 continuing three shows daily.
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Paramount Theater
Tommy Tweet
Tallie Boggs
Hunky and
Dory
Tom Sawver Red
Ramblers
Murray
Rash Twins
Banjo Kings
Stepp Sisters
Pat O Brien
James Melton
Jean “Muir
Frink
Mee Hugh
Phil Regan
Jane Fioman
The Gold Diggers of 1935 on Rialto Program
The Gold Diggers of 1935 headlines the Rialto today through Tuesday featuring renewed numbers and hits. Dick Powell and Gloria Stuart star with Frank McHugh Dorothy Dare and Glenda Farrell in a comic musical farce with Alice Brady as a rich widow. Adolphe Menjou guests as the theatrical producer in a riotous show. Also on the bill are No Muns Range, Cats and the Fiddle and a western feature with Bob Steele.
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Rialto
Warner Brothers
Robert Lord
Peter Milne
Dick Powell
Gloria Stuart
Frank McHugh
Dorothy Dare
Glenda Farrell
Alice Brady
Adolphe Menjou
Bob Steele
Shirley Temple Returns in The Littlest Rebel at Paramount
Shirley Temple stars in The Littlest Rebel at the Paramount on Christmas Day with Jack Holt John Boles and Baill Robinson. The film blends drama and song as Shirley’s first real dramatic turn, plus Bill Robinson dances and sings If All Thy Enduring Young Charms Polly Wolly Doodle. Also shown is Disney Silly Symphony Three Orphan Rabbits, a standout cartoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Temple
Paramount Theater
Jack Holt
John Boles
Baill Robinson
Shirley
Karen Morley
Shir- Tex
Bill Robinson
Polly Wolly Doodle
Lily Pons Sings in New Year’s Eve Film Debut
Cedar Rapids hosts a major cinema event as Lily Pons debuts in I Dream Too Much at the Town theater on New Year’s Eve. All seats are reserved and tickets are sold at the Iowa theater box office. Favors and fan-makers will greet concertgoers as the coloratura soprano performs arias and songs by Jerome Kern.
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Cedar Rapids
Lily Pons
Town Theater
Iowa
Miss Pons
Jerome Kern
Verdi and Delibes Numbers Featured in Four Day Run
The show opens New Year’s Eve with scenes from Caro Nome Bell Song and selected Kern numbers I Got Love I’m the Echo I Dream Too Much. The picture runs four days Wednesday through Saturday January 1 to 4.
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Delibes
Lakme
Carrousel
Sylvia Scarlett Opens Wednesday at Iowa Twin Bill
Katharine Hepburn stars in Sylvia Scarlett a dramatic romance with Cary Grant and Brian Aherne. The Iowa theater debuts RCA Photophone high fidelity sound with a second feature The Healer starring Ralph Bellamy Karen Morley and Mickey Rooney.
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Katharine Hepburn
Sylvia Scarlett
Iowa
RCA
RCA Manufacturing Company
Miss Hepburn
Cary Grant
Brian Aherne
the Healer
Ralph Bellramy
Karan Morley
Mickey Rooney
Olympic Theater Presents New Triple Feature Start Sunday
The Olympic theater announces a new double feature running from Sunday for three days. The program opens with Sorrell and Son starring H. and continues with a second ace feature.
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Olympic Theater
Ace
Sorrell and Son
New Film Lineup Features Buck Jones and Tarzan Chapter
The program includes Buck Jones in Outlawed Guns with Pat O'Brien and Ruth Channing. Also shown is a family drama about a devoted father and son, and the third Tarzan chapter along with a comedy. Margot Grahame and Peter Penrose lead the cast.
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Rick Jones
Ruth Channing
Pat
Wiel Rogers
Thomas
B. Warner
Peter Penrose
Margot Grahame
Buck Jones
Pat O’brien
Tarzan
Young Adventurer Faces Switch Engine For Desperate Mile War
A fearless youth races along a railway system to rescue his companion as danger closes in. The feature also showcases a Buster Keaton comedy E Flat Man, the Armida starred musical Check Your Sombrero, and a movietone news segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Keaton
Armida
Movietone News
Naughty Marietta Heads Program At The Palace Theater
A Palace Theater program features Naughty Marietta as the first feature with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Elsa Lanchester Frank Morgan and Douglas Dumbrille star in the elaborate cast with The Best Man Wins following starring Edmund Lowe Jack Holt Bela Lugosi Florence Rice in a rowdy romance.
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Marietta
Victor Herbert
Jeanette McDonald
Nelson Eddy
New Orleans
Casquette
Elsa Lanchester
Frank Moregan
Douglas Dumbrille
Edmund Lowe
Jack Holt
Bela Lugosi
Florence Rice
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Bill
Lear
George Obrien Ispering Smith
Keaton
Fox News
Waterfront Lady
Olympic
Sorrell & Son
Ith MW. WR
Warner Peter Penrose
Iben Wiliams
Paramount Bill
Danceland
Court Hussey’s Orch
N.B.C
Coast
Glinda Farrell
Stara
The
Palace Theater
Naughty Imapietta
Frank Morgan
Jimmie Jackson
Jane Foreman
Aubrey McConnell
Cliff Randall
Wally Moran
Everett Hall
Bob and
Sam
Swing Kings
Club Royale
Frank Carne
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